Parties eye potential surplus votes
Center-Left parties vie for ballots that will be cast for parties unlikely to pass electoral threshold in effort to stop them from being diverted to Likud-Beiteinu
Published: 01.21.13, 10:28
As small parties desperate to get elected to the Knesset are making their last ditch efforts to pass the electoral threshold, the Center-Left bloc warns of the outcome of voting for parties whose chances of success are slim.
Supporters of parties unlikely to garner the sufficient votes to become part of the House are targetted in a new Labor internet campaign, which says that their votes would actually benefit the joint Likud-Beiteinu ticket.
"Your vote, honestly meant as an act of protest, will simply be another vote for Bibi and Lieberman," Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich said in a post on her Facebook page. "They could get another three Knesset seats thanks to you."
Labor explained that the campaign aims to make voters understand how votes for parties which are not elected to the House are allocated.
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